Nate Watkins
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I am so sorry that you guys lost a friend. I can't think of anything else to say.
If you search for "Nathaniel Watkins" and accident or motorcycle, a few articles come up. And they don't make any sense. I hadn't known him as long or as well as some of the people here, but I'll be really surprised if this "feels right" to anyone.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Oh my God - this is shocking - I met him in person in 2014 and he was the nicest, sweetest, gentlest guy
This is horrible. Sincere condolences to his loved ones
RIP Nate
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Neither can I - I feel so bad for his family and all of his friends here
César Hernández-Meraz
Wants to be Nick, ends up as Larry
My condolences to all of you who knew him.
From what I read here, he must have been a great guy and it is sad that I'll no longer have a chance to meet him.
I hope he lived a fulfilling life and that his family and friends get the strength to go on.
From what I read here, he must have been a great guy and it is sad that I'll no longer have a chance to meet him.
I hope he lived a fulfilling life and that his family and friends get the strength to go on.
A motorcycle ride that a friend posted,near my home,hope Nate gets to ride to his heart's content now,all the rides he wished to..
This article debunks the 'chase' angle. That really didn't sound right. Speeding, yeah--did it many times as my youthful self. Dumb, but...youth.
Police: No chase before motorcyclist killed in wreck
If you see something about how/if we can offer condolences to the family, please keep us up to date.
I can't read all of these posts yet, and the thread itself just makes me bawl in a way that's so hard to stop.
I've been talking with Nate's girlfriend and soon will be able to pass on (privately) an address to send correspondence to.
As for the article, I haven't asked her what they think happened, but I do think he would have been travelling at speed, it's just what he did on his bike... also, he would have been wanting to avoid being caught, because driving was his job and losing his licence would be a big problem. I think he probably had a knee-jerk reaction to seeing a trooper do a U-turn behind him... and it just went wrong. (I might be wrong about that, but it feels like what Nate would have been thinking.)
Right now I am so mad at him for doing something so silly... but this comes from the devastating pain of losing somebody I cared for very much.
I do want you to rest in peace my dear friend, but I wish even more that we still had you here. You are so loved, Naters. ♥
I've been talking with Nate's girlfriend and soon will be able to pass on (privately) an address to send correspondence to.
As for the article, I haven't asked her what they think happened, but I do think he would have been travelling at speed, it's just what he did on his bike... also, he would have been wanting to avoid being caught, because driving was his job and losing his licence would be a big problem. I think he probably had a knee-jerk reaction to seeing a trooper do a U-turn behind him... and it just went wrong. (I might be wrong about that, but it feels like what Nate would have been thinking.)
Right now I am so mad at him for doing something so silly... but this comes from the devastating pain of losing somebody I cared for very much.
I do want you to rest in peace my dear friend, but I wish even more that we still had you here. You are so loved, Naters. ♥
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
This is a beautiful post - thank you Cesar
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
The funny thing is I did not get the impression he was 'cocky' or anything like that. I remember Scott (Giant) got him to call over to our room in Mansfield Ohio.
I picked up the phone and he said:
Hi - it's Nate Watkins
such a gentle voice and he acted like a true gentleman - he will be missed
Edit: I never really hung out much with him except for that time in Scott and Tracy's room at the King Kon so I did not know him all that well.
Apparently first impressions were misleading... I read that he had a bit of a devilish sense of humour and opened up more once he got to know you.
His fiancee must be devastated.
I hope they set up a memorial fund in honour of his memory
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....Nate just "hung back" if you will socially, not that he was awkward-but just seemed to hold his own space about him, even in a crowded room-until he felt comfortable in removing the conversational "cloak"....he watched, observed and took all manner of things in-his eyes were always moving, watching others interact-and once he determined he had something to say, or he felt comfortable with you-then and only then would he be the Nate I knew and loved.....
I hate losing tet members. Rest in Peace.
Like SK somewhere said, it might be 11/22/63, but I`m not sure...
" Life is hard. But why does it have to be cruel, too?"
I`m looking through my balcony window and it`s raining, hard. After weeks and weeks of scorching hot weather, the sky has finally opened up and the rain is coming down with all its might.
But there are not only raindrops slowly sliding down the window.
A dear friend died last night.
Like many of us here, it was good, ole Uncle Steve who has brought us together, his words, his stories and our never-ending curiosity to read about what the man has written.
Our friend was a kind guy, not very vocal, but when he did have something to say, it was either the best sarcasm I have encountered in my life ( and I mean that in a good way ) or something really smart and witty.
Yeah, Nate could make you smile and holler with laughter.
But he could also listen and be a true friend, one of those people who would give you the shirt off his back and much more, to make you feel good.
He was young, engaged to be married, he loved rock`n` roll, motorcycles and people, he loved anyone, there weren`t good or bad people for him, there were only people with their good sides as well as mistakes.
His love for motorcycles and speed proved also to be the cause of his riding not into the sunset, but into The Clearing at the End of the Path.
At the moment, I`m re-reading Joyland, it`s a great little summer novel, read it many times since it was published.
And there is this one sentence, when kids are climbing onto Jonesy, who is in his fur suit and making them laugh, they are hugging and kissing him and he says he has to somehow wriggle himself out from under them, cause they were crushing him with their love.
But in that moment he loved them right back.
That`s how I always feel with people I have met at the SKMB, or in Stephen King Central on FB...even though I have not met you, sometimes, many times, you are crushing me with your love.
I`m not complaining, those are great moments and I always love you back.
Just like I loved Nate.
I hope, my dear friend, that you got to meet John Dalglish and Deanna Rhodes Wooten out there, in those other worlds than this one.
Maybe by the Tower. I sure hope so and I hope that your journey will not be lonely, that you indeed find them, maybe laugh with them again...
Yeah...it`s not only raindrops sliding down the window.
Good-bye, my friend, it was an honor knowing you.
~ In loving memory of our dear friend, Nathaniel Watkins, 1987 - 2016
" Life is hard. But why does it have to be cruel, too?"
I`m looking through my balcony window and it`s raining, hard. After weeks and weeks of scorching hot weather, the sky has finally opened up and the rain is coming down with all its might.
But there are not only raindrops slowly sliding down the window.
A dear friend died last night.
Like many of us here, it was good, ole Uncle Steve who has brought us together, his words, his stories and our never-ending curiosity to read about what the man has written.
Our friend was a kind guy, not very vocal, but when he did have something to say, it was either the best sarcasm I have encountered in my life ( and I mean that in a good way ) or something really smart and witty.
Yeah, Nate could make you smile and holler with laughter.
But he could also listen and be a true friend, one of those people who would give you the shirt off his back and much more, to make you feel good.
He was young, engaged to be married, he loved rock`n` roll, motorcycles and people, he loved anyone, there weren`t good or bad people for him, there were only people with their good sides as well as mistakes.
His love for motorcycles and speed proved also to be the cause of his riding not into the sunset, but into The Clearing at the End of the Path.
At the moment, I`m re-reading Joyland, it`s a great little summer novel, read it many times since it was published.
And there is this one sentence, when kids are climbing onto Jonesy, who is in his fur suit and making them laugh, they are hugging and kissing him and he says he has to somehow wriggle himself out from under them, cause they were crushing him with their love.
But in that moment he loved them right back.
That`s how I always feel with people I have met at the SKMB, or in Stephen King Central on FB...even though I have not met you, sometimes, many times, you are crushing me with your love.
I`m not complaining, those are great moments and I always love you back.
Just like I loved Nate.
I hope, my dear friend, that you got to meet John Dalglish and Deanna Rhodes Wooten out there, in those other worlds than this one.
Maybe by the Tower. I sure hope so and I hope that your journey will not be lonely, that you indeed find them, maybe laugh with them again...
Yeah...it`s not only raindrops sliding down the window.
Good-bye, my friend, it was an honor knowing you.
~ In loving memory of our dear friend, Nathaniel Watkins, 1987 - 2016
Srbo very beautiful way to remember Nate.
This is a touching tribute, Srbo. Thanks for sharing it with us. May he be remembered the way you so eloquently described.
